A review by kimswhims
By Sea & Stars: The Story of the First Fleet by Trent Dalton

4.0

This is a dazzling concise rendering of the voyage of the First Fleet and those that undertook it. Trent used information from the existing journals from the First Fleet. One of the 9 journals held in the State Library of NSW by the priggish Ralph Clark. Clark mentions my First Fleet ancestor, who was 20 when he arrived as one of the 780 convict in the First Fleet and who was transported on The Friendship, the same boat that Clark was on.

It's a lovely produced little hardcover book that only takes a few hours to read and well worth the investment. Highly recommended.

Can't wait to read more by Trent Dalton.